Body-cams are now available for officers, specialist teams have been set up and the force is working hard to help victims who are attacked on average 35 times before they report it to the police.

However the report also found areas of serious concern.

It states: “There are risks some victims of domestic abuse may still not be getting the effective response or quality of service they need from the police.

“The service provided to some victims remains fragmented and patchy.”

One of the biggest concerns is the attitude of some officers.

The report states: “HMIC is concerned about the lack of understanding and awareness of the complexities of domestic abuse demonstrated by many staff and officers.

“There is a negative attitude displayed by some frontline staff in relation to the subject.”

As of August 31 Essex had 621 active domestic abuse cases with a third considered high risk.

There were 8,862 domestic abuse related crimes in the preceding year.

Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh said: “There has been a massive amount of work carried out in Essex, by both the police and our partner agencies, to improve the way we deal with domestic abuse.

“This is an on-going process and we know we need to further refine our response and we are speaking to victims, partner agencies and independent experts to do so.

“I am confident the people of Essex are better safeguarded by our approach today than they were six months ago.
“We are arresting more suspects and detecting more offences, we have better intelligence and stronger partnerships than ever before.”

More offences have been detected and more people arrested.

A new Domestic Abuse Crime Unit was set up at the start of February, with bases in Southend and Basildon.

Comments (4)

Lets face it they could not have been any worse at dealing with it, the death rate on their patch due to it was unacceptable to say the least! But its just another version of blowing smoke up peoples backsides, we know it won't last!

Lets face it they could not have been any worse at dealing with it, the death rate on their patch due to it was unacceptable to say the least! But its just another version of blowing smoke up peoples backsides, we know it won't last!totallyfootball

Of course, you could always volunteer as a Special to put your money where your mouth is.

Or alternatively, trumpet pointlessly from the sidelines while those that actually do something about this vile crime get slated in the press.

Of course, you could always volunteer as a Special to put your money where your mouth is.
Or alternatively, trumpet pointlessly from the sidelines while those that actually do something about this vile crime get slated in the press.meddler1

meddler1 wrote:
Of course, you could always volunteer as a Special to put your money where your mouth is.

Or alternatively, trumpet pointlessly from the sidelines while those that actually do something about this vile crime get slated in the press.

Sorry the force is too corrupt for me to be associated with nowadays! They will always be slatted as they are one step away from useless. And please don't blame the cutbacks, too many of them on the sick or suing people because of their inadequacies or lack of fitness!

[quote][p][bold]meddler1[/bold] wrote:
Of course, you could always volunteer as a Special to put your money where your mouth is.
Or alternatively, trumpet pointlessly from the sidelines while those that actually do something about this vile crime get slated in the press.[/p][/quote]Sorry the force is too corrupt for me to be associated with nowadays! They will always be slatted as they are one step away from useless. And please don't blame the cutbacks, too many of them on the sick or suing people because of their inadequacies or lack of fitness!totallyfootball

I have never seen such a lack of joined up thinking as I witnessed between 2009 and 2012 in how Essex Police dealt with sexual assault, and the criminal harassment of women. It is so bad, that in at least my own case, they kept inquiring into how bad they were, and kept apologising for not even making sure that computerised files were kept up to date so incidents could be tracked and the offender dealt with. I have never seen something as bad, and I am an ex police officer myself. It was so bad that the offender, whilst arrested over and over, got off charge for serious offences and is OK to drive a taxi with women in it at night time as a result, even after having a history of threatening female taxi licensing staff. I would now not trust Essex Police even if asked to stop whilst driving in a vehicle. It has changed how I view criminal justice. Simply saying "we are improving" in the same means that schools do with Ofsted, when in reality they are a disaster, is disgusting.

I have never seen such a lack of joined up thinking as I witnessed between 2009 and 2012 in how Essex Police dealt with sexual assault, and the criminal harassment of women. It is so bad, that in at least my own case, they kept inquiring into how bad they were, and kept apologising for not even making sure that computerised files were kept up to date so incidents could be tracked and the offender dealt with. I have never seen something as bad, and I am an ex police officer myself. It was so bad that the offender, whilst arrested over and over, got off charge for serious offences and is OK to drive a taxi with women in it at night time as a result, even after having a history of threatening female taxi licensing staff. I would now not trust Essex Police even if asked to stop whilst driving in a vehicle. It has changed how I view criminal justice. Simply saying "we are improving" in the same means that schools do with Ofsted, when in reality they are a disaster, is disgusting.thesouthchurchflyer